Explosive-engine.



W. J. WRIGHT. EXPLOSIVE ENGINE.

APPLIGATION FILED 13123.17, 1906 974,455. Patented NW. 1,1910

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W. J. WRIGHT.

EXPLOSIVE ENGINE.

APPLICATION FILED 33.17, 1906.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

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. whereby I and ef- .n. er:il1ing inechnniem, anal lay which i iviinpnlee can be transmitted to had; each quarter of its revo- 3 SUCH iii.-

e oiling the 3e e fcvices, and in nzii'ticulni'ly do eignezl Linn explosive force consumption of fuel.

finoeliev anal essential fQZEillll'G of my pres eni: inveniion, lies in a. novel construction of gevei'noi' inechnifi n for controlling thefeeil i, which cooperpenclen ily acting pert :necnnniem forcontiolling the v e mo 'e s'u'lm'ilinnie nature, my

- Ell co? 1 of construe-lion peculiar machine. of parts. i 1 -Cli will hereinafter be fully 5 exple l end specificnllv pointed out in the ammo w. claims, in :(l to the mile eleveion in cylinder ecl .o'si ion. W is e ce-l w o e of elie v'o q. linilci'e. fillll the inechani lens or? the two cylinder? Fl 3, is a. cleieil ietenbed Nov. 1, 19m. Serial life. 301,638.

Fig.5. land. 5, views illustrating the manner of operation of my invention. Fig 6, a vertical section of the single valve mechanism for controlling l'he feed and the governor devices that form a cconei'eiive pert of said valve. Fig. 2". is a. horizontal section of the said valve, when on i-he line ?-'Z of Fig. 6. 8, is a (let-nil Seclion of the some on the line 8-8 of Fig. line 99 01" Fig. 7.

In 212) present invention the essential features lie in fihe peculiar correlation with the Working and pumping cylinders; in a novel construction of a combined valve and regulator mechanism, whereby by means of two sets of Working. and pumping cylinders, with a. sir valve mechanism, connnon bo all of the pumping and Working cylinders, I am encoleel. in a con'ipact and positive manner,

lo effect e. driving impul ,ech quarter of its revolution.

R: i'iing nowl'o (he accompanying (ll-c vings in which like reference indie-ole se on the shaft on like pal-ls innll' of the giii'es, A A' imli ate two working cylin- .6115, ;E-B indicate the pumping cylinders lliel; respectively cooperate with th ing cylinders A-A and which, together with the cylinders A-A are suitably mounted on the framing 1, shown in Fig.

e work- 1 the drawings.

l have illnsti'elecl my present. inve ticn an upright explosive engine, 1

it nnclei'sbood that the some may, with but slight changes in the supporting frame,

n' ilizeel as a horizontal engine.

details of construction of each se'o ng and working cylinders are the .escripiion of one set of such perils, the come one joinin them with the nlzshal't snffice for 70m. i o i'efei'ringmow inore particularly to U Q like drawings, it will be observed that the cylinder has a valved intake a at eechiend, and a pair of closely disere diagrammatic letters and numerals of F g. 9, 1s a detail section on the p secl exhausie F) J) midway the cndscf the cylinder which. exhausts discharge into :1

is shown.

. f closed o'csition, and are an lover-filly under a the intakes a ares; rin

(l -C" designate the piston rods of the two working cylinders, both of which are connected. in a like manner with the crank shaft 100, the crank members 100 of which are set on quarters.

Each pump cylinder B-B has a port 5-5 at each end which ports alternately serve as inlets for a new ci'iargc from the feed pipe or valve, and as outlets for leading the charge from the puma cylinders to the ex iosicn ends of the worlringcylinders.

llhe piston rods D-D of the pumps are coupled up with the actuating mechanism that joins with the working piston in such manner that the pun] and working pistons at certain times trave in unison in the same direction, and at other times have differential movement, the reason for the latter being as follows; in the complete arrangement of one working cylinder and its co-acting pumping devices, the relation of the Workmg cylinder and its pump 1S such that the charge is forced out of the pump cylinder in ahead of its piston into the working cylinder back of the working piston under a low pressure. The pump piston is also'arranged to force the new charge into the working cylinder in the rear of the working piston under a pressure barely in excess of atmos'here so that the burned in iluum in tlv working cylinder will be allowed to escape to atmosphere, and dan-' ger of of charge in blowing out such rcsiluuin as might remain back ofthe pis ton is reduced to the minimum. The final pressure or force of the charge in front of the moving pump piston is exerted after the burn mixture permitted to escape through the exii, it port ot the working cylnider and the piston therein begins to recover the said exhaust. To provide for the unitary action, as also for the differential action of the two working and pumping pistons carried by the rods C-C, D-D', I join the piston rods C each to a cross head E,

slidablc on theirame section 0 and fulcrum a bell crank lever 20 to each cross head E and connect the short arm 20 of the respictive bell crank lever to the outer end of the respective pump piston rod D D, as the case may be, and connect the long arm of the respective lever 20 to the-respective crank member 1.00 of the crank shaft 100,

shown in the drawings, it being understood that the connection between the short arms 2i? and. the respective pump rods DD is made in such manner that the arc of movement of the arm 20 will not interfere with the movement of the respective pump rod TI -DZ as for example, by having the pivot pin carried hy the respective rod D ll" operate in a slot or elongated hole in respective ltior arm as shown in shaft I will make one revolution.

of i'nainifueiu're thc'valve designated generally by the reference character F, is disposed about centrally of the two sets of cylinders and 1S suitably supported so that the drive pinion f, on the pendent axle stem thereof will be in a plane with the crank shaft whereby to bring such pinion 7' into mesh. with a drive pinion g of the same size on a counter-shaft G, suitably mounted on and geared with unddcriving motion from the main or crank shaft through g and 100 so that the valve F is brought into direct connection with the crank shaft. The gears 100 and g are prcferabl Y of the same size it being understood that the size of the gears f, g' and 100 need not be the same but they should be, in practice, so proportioned that the s need of rotation of the valve shaft 7" will e the same as that of the crank shaft 100. In other words, after each revolution of the crank shaft 100 the valve The valve F comprises a fixedl held base portion 10 having four sets 0 ports arranged in the manner best shown in Figs. 6

the four sets of ports are disposed 90 :1 art and are designated respectively by the CRHI'. actors 1"1 Q Q 3"3 P -4, two of which, l1 and 3--3 are arranged to cooperate with one set of cylinders. and the other two, 2"--2 and 4 9, cooperate with the other set of cylinders.

13 designates the rotatable member of the valve which is in the nature of a flat disk. The 'Inembcr 13 is held'to rotate on the upper face oi the base portion 10. It has an annular opening 13*, of a width sufficient to take in the several ports EL 1", Q- Q W 3 and -l -4 as it travels thereover.

Surrounding the member 13 and fixedly '90 and 7, by reference to which it will be seen held ,on the base 10 is a cap or housing 14 which projects over and. above the member- 13 and forms the mixing chamber into which the mixed and air discharge and from which the working agent escapes into the opening 13* of the rotary valve"mem'ber 13.

The rotar Y valve member-'13 has an 0 nin the upper face of the rotary valvenlcmbcr 13 and connected by the linlr arms 16-i6, with a sleeve 16 loosely held in the annular groove 17 in the vertically shiftable valve does not extend entirely 1O cylin er A.

same direction.

erations in the lower ends of said cylinders,

It should also be understood that the open- 3Q interior of the housing 14:, but serves to form 1 cut, is:--

member of the engine, adapted "to control the feed. to the pump inlets, whereby to feed to both pumps at the same time from opposite ends alternately and in succession. 3. An explosive engine, comprising a pair 10 of working cylinders, having a valved intakeat "each end, and central piston-goontrolled exhausts; of a pumpjor each cylinder, having a single 0 eningwat each end, a working agent control ing valve common to .9 5 both pumps, and their working cylinders, and having independent .ports, leads from .said ports to each end of the working cylinder and the pump, the leads from the pumps through the single valve having a go crossed over relation with their respective working cylinders, substantially as shown and for the purposes described. I 4. The combination of the two working cylinders and their pistons, the pump cyl- 35 inders and their pistons, cooperatively joined with their respective working cylinders, each pump having a single opening in each end, the working cylinders having a valved intake at each endfantl a central piston controlled exhaust, the singledrive shaft having a crank for each set of pump and working cylinders set on quarters, a rockin lever connection for joining the cross-hea for each workin cylinder piston with the shaft cranks anc the piston rods for the upward movement will be imparted to the pump piston in c linder B, as shown in dot and dash lines in Fig. 4, to completely force the new mixture through pipes 11'-1l, via 5 ports 1"-'-l into the lower end of the cylinder A and at the same timethe working piston in said cylinder A will have closed the exhaust portb, thus an initial compression is im arted to the new charge within the While the crank is moved from position m to the position :0 in Fig. 4:, the workingpiston in cylinder A and the pump piston in cylinder B are moving together in the It should be understood that after the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 5, the pistons in the cylinders A'-B wi l be performing substantially the same set of opas the pistons in cylinders A and B, "in Fig. 4C, are performing in the upper end of sum cylinders, and a further description of the operation is thought to be unnecessary.

ing 0 in the valve F is separated from the opening 13" by a cross bridge piece 0, as shown in F1 7, of the drawings, and furthermore it oes not communicate with the a bi-passa ebetween the two adjacent ports when over'tne saline. pumps, a source of working suppl and a Having thus described my invention, what single valve mechanism common to 0th sets 1 claim an desire to secure by Letters Patof working and pump cylinders, adapted to 1 control the feed of the working agent to and 1. An improved explosive engine compris fr m the pumps to the W IkIIIg cylinders in ing two working cylinders and their isto SLICCQSS1VG fl-lil6l1l$lt6 intervals, for the purand a pum for each. working cylim er,'pisposes specified. 4 ton rods 01- the pi ton of th um i 5. In-an explosive engine asdescrlbed, the

40 Cylinders, a crank h ft, operative conned combination with the working cylinders tions between said crank shaft and said pis- A-A having a valved. intake at each end,

ton rods to cause said pumping and work-' and a central piston controlled exhaust, the ing cylinder pistons to operate in unison and pu p BB' llfivlng a Single open ng at move in the same direction under a part of each end, and cooperatively oined with the h 45 their cyde f movement d t move m cylinders A--A, the drive shaft having two posite directions during another part of that Cranks. 9 q rs, a m lcally Slu table eycle'of movement, a source f w rki connections for o1n1ng thepistons of the agent supply, and an automatically con- WOIkIIIg m y w t the led Va. e common to both um a d cranks, a sing e va vemechanis m common to prking cylinders for leading the charge to both sets of pump and working cylinders, said pumps and working cylinders succeslmvlng aseparflte Set O Ports siveiy and alternately into their opposite pining the ends of each pump cylinder with ends, substantially as shown and described. KS colncldmt Workln cylind r, and In a 2. An improved explosive engine, co crossed relation, where y the ump cylinder prising two working cylinders, includi a at one end communicates witi the working piston for each, said cylinders having a y md at the pp s t nd, andvice verse, valved intake at each end, and a piston 0011- a governor geared with the drive shaft, said trolled exhaust commonto both ends of the g vern r including a shiftable valve memcylinder, a pump for each cylinder, havin her forcontrolling the flow of'the working a valved combined intake and exhaust at ag nt. I each end, the combined intake and exhaust 6. The combination with the t'wo sets of having a crossed connection with their re- Working and pumping cylinders, and the spec'tive cooperating workin cylinders, a feed connect-1 118 ll11, 202 0, 3030, W sonrceof working agent supp y, and a single 40-40, for the two sets of working and H valve mechanism, geared with the drive pump cylinders; of the valve mechanism E, 139

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